Improvaganza 2015 Workshops: Playing Across The Gender Spectrum with Integrity

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP: Through improvisation exercises and scene work, we will explore the infinite ways to express gender and how to comfortably and truthfully play characters across the gender spectrum. We will learn to “make mistakes” and support one another in improvising characters with greater specificity and authenticity. Experience both the freedom and responsibility in stepping into the shoes of
another.

INSTRUCTORS BIO: Jill Eickmann is the Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Leela in San Francisco. She has directed over 100 original productions with Leela, is the Founder/Executive Producer of Femprovisor Fest and serves as a Producer/Board Member for The San Francisco Improv Festival. She is also a marriage and family therapist, drama therapist, and self revelatory theatre director who continues to teach the therapeutic benefits of improvisation. Jill will be performing at this year’s Improvaganza with “Shades of Grey.” For more info on Jill and her work at Leela checkout